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SAB Stamp Festival is Postponed

Friday, February 26th, 2010

**UPDATE** The Impress Me! Team SAB Stamp Festival‘s snowdate  is Saturday, March 20th.

All registrants are being contacted directly and updates will be posted on my team site where there is a link to sign up for the wait list.

Meanwhile I will flagrantly torture you with the gorgeous projects we will be making including this unique stationery box (top right), Explosion Card (bottom right) and Flowerpot card (bottom left).

All projects were made with Stampin’ Up!’s Vintage Vogue stamp set (#117690 Wood, #118598 clear mount) from the Occasions Mini Catalog, as well as the ‘Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper’ and lots and lots of Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive cardstock.  Festival included the Vintage Vogue stamp set in wood or clear mount (with a clear block).  Details on the festival are here.

All projects will be featured in the next few weeks on my blog… don’t worry!

Birthday Gift Bag Card

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

This is a fun birthday card idea that I saw similarly done a few years ago.

It incorporates quite a few punches and the colors are taken from Stampin’ Up!’s  psychedelic looking designer paper ‘Kaleidoscope’.

The ‘gift bags’ were made from the coordinating 1 1/4 inch jumbo square punch and the 1 3/8 inch jumbo square punch, the handles are natural hemp.  I used a tiny square of white tissue paper for the tissue inside the gift bags.

I like to use the Modern Label punch over the Designer Label punch for the greetings.  The ‘On Your Birthday’ set is FULL of greetings including ‘belated’ greetings, and many of them fit on our punches.

Kaleidoscope Designer Paper Bermuda Bay cardstock
Pumpkin Pie cardstock  
Bermuda Bay ink pad
Whisper White cardstock
Kraft cardstock
Natural hemp
white tissue paper
1 ¼ inch Jumbo Square punch
1 3/8 inch Jumbo Square punch
Designer Label punch (#107590)
Modern Label punch (#116630)Sticky Strip, Dimensionals™
Eyelet Border punch (#113692)

Valentine Ideas summed up!

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Valentine Button - Push for Ideas!I know that I haven’t set the world on fire this year with my Valentine ideas… but I have an idea that may help you (in the days before Valentine’s day!)

Click on the ‘Valentine Button’ that I made and view all my past posts and projects with the ‘Valentine’ theme.

You probably don’t know it but my middle name is Valentine and my favorite aunt has always given me heart shaped gifts (and jewelry).  I still do LOVE hearts.  And I really DO like Valentine’s Day.

Happy Heart ValentineThis was a Valentine that we made at my last Stamp a Stack (and it was one of the Occasions class cards).  It really is a postcard with a smaller card on top, but it squeaked by as a card.

Materials Used:

A Happy Heart set (#111758)
5 ½ x 4 ¼ Basic Black Cardstock
5 ¼ x 4 Real Red Cardstock
5 ½ x 2 ¾ inch Basic Black cardstock
Two 2 ½ x 2 ½ Whisper White cardstock
Two 5 ½ x 4 ¼ pcs. White cardstock
This is for embossing and punching hearts
strip of White cardstock (for stamping red)
Real Red Ink pad, StazOn Black pad
Full Heart Punch (#113693)

Heart to Heart Punch (#113694)
Small Heart Punch (#117193)
½ inch circle punch
Finial Press textured impressions pad
Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine, Multipurpose Tray, Two standard cutting pads

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2 Tags Sizzix Die Valentine

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Two Tags Sizzix Die 'Valentine'I received several samples of  ‘candy holders’ at Leadership and realized a new and adorable use for Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive Sizzix Bigz Die ‘Two Tags.’

The tags are just under 6 inches long, so they are not very big, but they are very versatile (see the screenshot of the die below)!

I used the new Occasions Mini set ‘I[Heart]Hearts’ (see below) of which $2 from the sale of each set will go to Haiti to benefit the survivors.

One of the things that I love about the ‘I[Heart]Hearts’ set, is that  they have a ‘trio’ of hearts that coordinate with the ‘Heart To Heart’ 3 heart punch (which you must purchase!).

Two Tag Treat HolderMaterials:

2 ¾ x 5 ½ inch Very Vanilla (to stamp the hearts)
3 inch x 6 inch ‘Sending Love’ Specialty DSP
Real Red ink pad
Close to Cocoa Ink pad
Full Heart Punch (#113693)
Heart to Heart Punch (113694)
Sticky Strip
Treat (mini Hershey Bar)
Stampin’ Up! Two Tag Sizzix die (#115954)
Two standard cutting pads
Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine
10 inches 5/8 inch Wide Grosgrain ribbon Red
7 inches narrow grosgrain ribbon Chocolate Chip
½ inch circle punch

I[Heart]Hearts set from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! exclusive Bigz Die 'Two Tags'

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